Telephonic communications inventions 04/07

20070092069 - Method and system for testing enterprise applications: A method for testing an enterprise application program is provided. In this method, metadata is received from the enterprise application program and a test script is generated based on the metadata. The test script then is translated to a user interface action. A system and computer readable medium for testing... Agent: Semyon Royzen

20070092070 - Voice over internet protocol (voip) location based 911 conferencing: Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) emergency calls to an Emergency Response Center (ERC) are handled through a VoIP conference bridge on a VoIP service provider's soft switch. The soft switch works with a VoIP positioning center (VPC) to obtain location information, which is compared against a PSAP database to find... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20070092071 - System and method for identifying the source of a sales lead: A system and method for identifying the source the source of a sales lead, wherein such invention provides for identifying the source that prompted a call and/or sales lead on a communication network by providing the recipient of an accepted call or inquiry with such advertising source identifying information.... Agent: Mathew L. Grell

20070092072 - Efficient phone and e-mail resolution with contact data: The sender of a telephone call or an e-mail message is represented by an incoming contact identifier, such as the originating phone number or e-mail address, respectively. The recipient of the telephone call or e-mail message can identify the contact corresponding to the incoming identifier by matching the identifier with... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070092073 - Pbx call management: Enhanced call management services to users receiving incoming calls on extensions on a private branch exchange (PBX) is provided by an application server configured to provide call management services to at least one of the users and a protocol proxy configured to receive call information from the PBX according to... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20070092074 - Echo canceller: An echo canceller can efficiently remove the offset component from a voice call that can use an audio signal of a communication band wider than the conventional band and can provide a stable call with high communication quality. The echo canceller of the present invention removes an echo component by... Agent: Venable LLP

20070086579 - Automatic call forwarding to in-vehicle telematics system: Cell phone calls are automatically call forwarded to an in-vehicle telematics system when a driver using the cell phone is in their vehicle. Presence of the driver may be detected, e.g., by detection of a key in the ignition and presumption that the driver is in the vehicle while the... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter Pplc 7th Floor

20070086578 - Method and apparatus for utilizing 911 and e911 features from a remote location: A method and system are disclosed that enable a remote location to first contact a emergency call center due to an emergency/alarm condition and then automatically call 9-1-1 like service and transmit a predetermined message so that local emergency response personal have access to 9-1-1 like features such as automated... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070086580 - Data transmission system, data transmission method, data transmission apparatus, and computer usable medium therefor: A communication system, comprising a communication apparatus, an external memory unit, which stores a search criterion for destination information indicating a destination of communication that is designated under a predetermined criterion, a reader system, which reads the search criterion stored in the memory unit, a destination information obtaining system, which... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070086581 - Method and communication system for circuit switch users accessing ip multimedia subsystem: A method for a Circuit Switch (CS) domain user accessing an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) domain includes: an access gateway control function (AGCF) entity maps CS domain signaling messages forwarded by a mobile switch center (MSC)/visiting location register (VLR) to session initiation protocol (SIP) signaling messages and transmits the SIP... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070086582 - Application service invocation: An Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) includes a Serving-Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF). The S-CSCF includes a Service Capability Interaction Manager (SCIM) configured to invoke one or more application services in response to a message being received by the S-CSCF.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20070086583 - Methods and system for fast session establishment between equipment using h.324 and related telecommunications protocols: Methods of establishing multimedia telecommunication (a multimedia “call”) between equipment (“terminals”). More particularly, the invention provides methods for reducing the time required to establish calls between terminals that implement the ITU-T H.324 Recommendation and other Standards and Recommendations derived from or related to this such as the 3G-324M recommendation developed... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070086584 - Voip-based call-center system and method for managing communications in a computer network: A VoIP-based system and method for managing the placement of VoIP and other communications on the Internet wherein host sites have a zone linked to a sponsor site to enable a user to initiate a VoIP communication or another communication like video, telephone or e-mail with a sponsor by making... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20070086585 - Multi-media service interface layer: An architecture for providing multi-media service to a client includes a web page host server for providing pages of information capable of display by a client browser, and a contact center platform capable of establishing communication between a representative and the client via telephone. At least one of the pages... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070081633 - Methods and systems to avoid unproductive dispatches: Methods and systems are disclosed to dispatch service resources in a communication network. An example method disclosed herein receives a notice of error for a user service, identifies equipment associated with the user service, analyzes the equipment to generate a dispatch instruction, and automatically executes the dispatch instruction in response... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070081634 - Alarm system activation platform: Alarm System Activation Platform (ASAP) is a customer relationship management system for activating and maintaining a large number of alarm monitoring accounts with a minimum of work per account. It differs from standard alarm customer relationship management systems in that it is designed from the ground up to be entirely... Agent: Robert Platt Bell Registered Patent Attorney

20070081635 - Method and apparatus for providing enhanced 911 for nomadic users: A method and apparatus for providing a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking device to be integrated with a VoIP endpoint device and a subscriber's current GPS positioning data to be associated with the subscriber's telephone number are disclosed. The present invention enables a VoIP service provider to route a E911... Agent: Mr. S.h. Dworetsky At&t Corp.

20070081636 - Method and apparatus to process an incoming message: A method and apparatus to process an incoming message is described. The method may comprise, at a recipient system, receiving an incoming message from a message communicator and automatically analyzing message content to identify a keyword included in the message content. Thereafter, a predefined action associated with the keyword may... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070081637 - Voice coordination/data retrieval facility for first responders: Disclosed is a communication server that uses a communication mediator to conduct voice/text communication sessions between users with different communications systems through a session initiation protocol (SIP) server. The communication server uses a voice recognition system to interface with participants in communications sessions and to provide a link between the... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20070081638 - Mobile communication device and screen switching method for mobile communication device: Web page content, which is the same as web page content displayed on a first display unit with a mobile communication device in an opened state, is displayed on a smaller-sized second display unit with the mobile communication device in a closed state, without reacquiring content by another communication. A... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070081639 - Method and voice communicator to provide a voice communication: A method and voice communicator to provide a voice communication is described. The method may include identifying text to be communicated and automatically processing the text to generate an audio equivalent of the text. For example, the text may be scraped from a web page. The method may include identifying... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070081640 - Presence and preference enabled voice response system and method: A voice response system and method are described herein which after learning that a caller has unsuccessfully attempted to contact a called party functions to: (1) obtain presence information about one or more real-time activities of the called party; (2) use the presence information to create a customized voice message;... Agent: Alcatel Usa Intellectual Property Department

20070081641 - Method and apparatus for line selection in a communication device: The present invention includes embodiments of an apparatus and method for selecting a line from two or more lines on a communication device. The communication device comprises a display module, an input module, a line selection module, and a communication module for making a call over a network to a... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20070081642 - Electronic mail distribution system for integrated electronic communications: A system is disclosed for integrated electronic mail, voice mail, and fax mail messaging. A common message format is defined for use by an electronic mail service and a telecommunications service so electronic mail messages that may include voice and fax mail attachments may be exchanged between the services. Message... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070081643 - Digital photographic display device: The disclosure is directed to a digital photographic display frame including a processor, a display module configured to display a first digital photographic image, a telephone input module and a memory. The memory is accessible to the processor and configured to store a set of digital photographic images including the... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070081644 - Telephony/conference activity presence state: A presence system and method are described herein which infer a person's level of participation in a telephone call (e.g., multi-party conference call, one-on-one telephone call, collaboration session). In one embodiment, the presence system collects presence information about one or more activities of a person while they are also participating... Agent: Alcatel Usa Intellectual Property Department

20070081645 - Method and apparatus for generating a metering pulse: In one embodiment, a subscriber line interface circuit includes circuitry to generate metering pulses for insertion onto a subscriber line. The circuitry includes an audio path and a pulse metering path, where the pulse metering path includes a metering generator to generate a digital sine wave from a plurality of... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070081646 - Method and system for visual spatial caller identification: A method, system and device for visually spatial caller identification includes a caller identification visual alerting device configured to capture current caller identification information from an incoming call. A stored caller identification list stores a plurality of entries of reference caller identification information and a corresponding respective plurality of entries... Agent: Trask Britt

20070081647 - Conference bridge alert method and system: A method for call conferencing is provided. An event is detected when a caller is unable to join an established conference call, because a maximum number of conference participants associated with a conference bridge used for the conference call are currently participating in the conference call. A first audio message... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070081648 - Detection of telephone number spoofing: An apparatus and method are disclosed that enables detecting the spoofing of a telephone number. To validate the identity of a calling terminal, some techniques in the prior art rely on exchanging data that only the legitimate calling system and the called system know about. In contrast, the illustrative embodiment... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070081649 - Method and system for selectively protecting shared contact information: A method (10) of selectively protecting contact information can include sending (11) contact information from a calling party to a called party, selectively hiding (12) portions of the contact information from the called party, and enabling (14) the called party to contact the calling party. The method can further restrict... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070081650 - Communication terminal: A communication terminal has a communicating section which performs communication via a network, an instructing section which gives instructions to perform communication, a reserving section which reserves performance of first communication by setting a starting time and an ending time of the first communication received through the communicating section, a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070081651 - Method and apparatus for automatic conference call invocation based on user presence: A telecommunications system includes a plurality of user devices; a presence and availability service configured to monitor presence states of the plurality of user devices; a teleconferencing service configured to permit a scheduling of conferences among the plurality of users; wherein said teleconferencing service is configured to invoke a scheduled... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070081652 - Method and system for identification of importance of communications: The invention concerns a communication device (100) and method (300) for identification of the importance of a communication. As an example, the method can include the steps of assigning (312) a level of importance to a communication on a communication device (100) and in response to assigning the level of... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070081653 - Method and system for diverting telecommunications connections: In the case of a method for diverting telecommunications connections, a prescribed number of line identifications (A11-A1N) are first made available. Upon request to participate in the diverting method, a line identification (A11-A1N) that is still free is allocated, all telecommunications connections directed to this line identification (A11) subsequently being... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070081654 - Mobile enterprise applications over telephony systems and methods: A method of facilitating telecommunication functionality on a mobile device. The method includes receiving a request for a telecommunications transaction from the mobile device and retrieving a callback identifier for a user of the mobile device. The method also includes executing the telecommunications transaction, wherein executing the transaction includes establishing... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070081655 - Automatic dialing-up system for communication apparatus: An automatic dialing-up system for communication apparatus is provided. The automatic dialing-up system uses a server and a communication apparatus to fulfill the services. The server at first obtains the job content of an interactive voice response system, then converts the job content into a corresponding form and finally generates... Agent: J.c. Patents, Inc. Suite 250

20070081656 - Telecommunication server apparatus: A storage unit manages a receiving order by storing a received call processing message. A retention unit retains key information, which is included in the call processing message, and element information, which is correlated to the key information and included in the call processing message, by updating the two pieces... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070081657 - Methods and apparatus for enhancing ringback tone quality during telephone communications: A system for enhancing tonal quality for ringback signals in a telecommunications network by adjusting audio processing during an alerting interval of a telecommunications session (e.g. during a telephone call). The system may be embodied in a telecommunications switching device and include a ringback manager process that provides the ability... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070081658 - Method and apparatus for personal call routing request and handling: A system includes a server including one or more databases for storing one or more handling rules specifying handling of incoming telephone calls; an intermediary routing control unit configured to access the one or more databases responsive to an incoming telephone call and provide the one or more handling rules... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070081659 - High density dsx system: A DSX system arranged to receive a plurality of high-density chassis is disclosed. The chassis include back planes having rear access IN/OUT fields and rear access cross-connect fields. The rear access fields are electrically connected to termination panels located in respective IN/OUT regions and cross-connect regions. Each of the regions... Agent: Karen A. Fitzsimmons Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070081660 - Method for setting up a communication link with multimedia call signaling: A communication link from a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device is established via a telecommunication network. Several multimedia objects of a telecommunication user are stored in the second telecommunication device along with a reference number. An allocation map is defined which indicates allocation of a specific call... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070081661 - Telephony dialing using speech recognition: A system and method of dialing a telephone number included in a voice mail or telephone conversation, including recognizing a telephone number present in the speech received by a telephone apparatus from a stored message, an automated voice response system, or a live conversation is described. The system interprets a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070081662 - Methods and apparatuses to access advertisements through voice over internet protocol (voip) applications: Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminals with integrated user interface for accessing and/or managing advertisements that provide telephonic contact information. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a user input in a user interface of a VoIP telephonic apparatus to specify one or more search terms; submitting the one or... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070081663 - Time scale modification of audio based on power-complementary iir filter decomposition: This invention involves time-scale modification of audio signals. In this invention the input audio signal is separated into two frequency bands using a complementary IIR filter bank. Time-scale modification is applied separately to the individual frequency bands. The thus modified signals are recombined for output.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070076853 - System, method and apparatus for classifying communications in a communications system: The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for automatically classifying voice communications, such as voice messages and phone calls in prerecorded voicemails (one speaker) and two-way conversations, as either spam or legitimate signals in a communications system (e.g., SIP, IMS, UMA, etc.). More specifically, the present invention classifies... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20070076857 - Intermediary network system and method for facilitating message exchange between wireless networks: Network System and Method for facilitating message exchange between mobile subscribers belonging to the same or different public land mobile networks, possibly incorporating different standards. Message exchange between two subscribers of the same or different networks may involve one or more lookups on subscription data, zero or more message transformations,... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070076854 - Method and system for handling multimedia calls: A method and system for handling multimedia calls is disclosed in which an IP multimedia terminal initiates a multimedia call request to a 3G terminal via a video inter-work device; the video inter-work device negotiates with 3G network and sets up a speech bearer between the video inter-work device and... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070076855 - Method and system of partitioning a signaling protocol: Systems and methods for partitioning session initial protocol (SIP) processing among execution units are disclosed. An exemplary device comprises: a plurality of execution units and a plurality of session initiation protocol (SIP) processes. The SIP processes comprise: a SIP transport process; a SIP location server process; and a plurality of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070076856 - System and method for suppressing silence in voice traffic over a wireless communication medium: A method and system for increasing the efficiency of providing bandwidth for voice traffic to a data provider via wireless communication mediums is provided. This is generally accomplished by not transmitting any data during the silence periods and playing out background noise (i.e., comfort noise) at the other end, to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070076858 - Method for supporting the name delivery feature for mixed tdm networks/ sip centrex communication architectures.: According to prior art, name information is displayed instead of dialling information, by means of the Name Delivery feature, for subscribers to conventional TDM CENTREX communication architectures. The mixed operation of TDM/SIP CENTREX communication architectures does not yet support this feature. The invention remedies this in that the name information... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070076859 - Keyboard with additional indicia: A keyboard comprising: (1) one or more rows of letter indicia entry keys and/or number indicia entry keys; and (2) additional indicia positioned over or proximate to at least a selected portion of said letter indicia entry keys and/or said number indicia entry keys to facilitate placement of telephone calls... Agent: Stephen G. Stanton, Esq.

20070076860 - Network architectures for a voice over internet protocol service: A VoIP network system for providing VoIP service to voice customers connected to the network, has a managed IP network; a plurality of gateways connected to the managed IP network; a plurality of voice stations connected to the gateways; a VoIP server connected to the managed IP network; a SIP... Agent: Merchant & Gould Bellsouth Corporation

20070076861 - Mobile terminal having a plurality of displays: A mobile terminal includes a first body, a second body including a first display, and a second display which becomes exposed when it slidably moves with respect to one of the first body and the second body.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070076862 - System and method for abbreviated text messaging: Disclosed is a method and circuit for inputting phrases to a wireless mobile device and retrieving the saved phrases. For retrieval of the phrase, the user will enter a numeric sequence which represents the first letter or symbol of the words of a phrase. The method includes inputting to the... Agent: Motorola Inc